Accidentally breathed in burning plastic fumes?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I was making boiled ramen on the stove, and when I cracked an egg in I got some on the side of the pot. I tried using a napkin to get it off, but then the fire jumped and lit it on fire. </p>

<p>And then, for some inexplicable reason, I threw it into the open-lidded garbage can next to me, where it lit everything inside the garbage can on fire. Then instead of the sink, I took longer to get water by using the filtered refrigerator water. There was plastic inside of the garbage can and the contents obviously got into the smoke.</p>

<p>I lingered around afterward for around 30 seconds. I didn't really feel anything too out of the normal, but I'm kind of worried about lung damage.</p>

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<p>I would be more worried about the ramen and the quality of that egg :stuck_out_tongue: (it’s consistent choices like those that do more damage over time than the occasional plastic fumes, I think).</p>

<p>It sounds like it was an all around unpleasant and slightly traumatic experience. The stress it caused you (part of which seems to be your concern over the plastic) might be worse for your health than the melted plastic too.</p>

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<p>You’ll be fine. The lungs do an amazing job of filtering out garbage. No pun intended.</p>

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<p>but they don’t do a perfect job :(.</p>

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<p>^
Yeah, I’m thinking it was the equivalent of a few cigarettes…</p>

<p>I also heard plastic fumes kill brain cells. Uh oh. Hypochondria alert.</p>

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<p>you’re gonna dieeeee</p>

<p>sincerely, grim reaper</p>